cochairman

American  

[koh-chair-muhn] / koʊˈtʃɛər mən /

noun

plural

cochairmen

1. one of two or more joint chairmen.

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Gender

Is it cochair, cochairman, cochairwoman, or cochairperson? See chairperson, -man.

Etymology

Origin of cochairman

First recorded in 1930–35; co- + chairman

Example Sentences

Says Tom Corson, cochairman of Lipa’s label, Warner Records: “What we’re seeing is the dawning of a new superstar.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2021

Last week the first of a series of "Parties for Pierre" was held at the orange-roofed ocean-front home of Salinger's campaign cochairman, Pat Kennedy Lawford.

From Time Magazine Archive

The conference featured former President Gerald Ford as cochairman.

From Time Magazine Archive

The convention's cochairman, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, a black running for Congress from California, wielded the gavel with muscle, tact and a winning smile.

From Time Magazine Archive

First to go was none other than P.C.A.'s cochairman, Columnist Frank Kingdon.

From Time Magazine Archive